When someone is homeless or trying to recover from a natural disaster, they are in great need of everyday goods. While people are often encouraged to donate canned goods, not everyone is thinking about things like shoes.
Of course, you can’t go looking for a new job or a home, if you have no shoes to walk in. One woman in Hays, Kansas took this into consideration, and found a great way to help hundreds of people.
Payless stores were going out of business, and shoes were selling for as little as $1 per pair, so a woman named Addy Tritt bought out all the remaining shoes at the Hays Payless store — more than 200 pairs and donated them to flood victims in Nebraska.
Those shoes were then sent to farmers in Nebraska by Fort Hays State University (FHSU). Tritt, who recently graduated from FHSU, wanted to “pay it forward”.
“I have been so lucky,” she said. “There have been so many great people in my life who have inspired me. I see so many terrible things in the news. So many people have helped me when I was down. They influenced me so much that I want to help if I can.”
Tritt has a history of kind acts. She has donated more than 60 bags of school supplies to Hays students, and organised a baby clothes drive and two supply drives for the animal shelter.
“I really feel I have been directed and guided to help people,” she said. “If you can do something for someone else, you need to find a way even if it is a pair of shoes.”
1. How did Tritt help flood victims?| A．By buying shoes for them. | B．By sending some food to them. |
| C．By helping them find new jobs. | D．By selling shoes to raise money for them. |
| A．Get extra support. | B．Share news with others. |
| C．Pass on kindness. | D．Put forward a plan. |
| A．FHSU’s education. | B．Flood victims’ situations. |
| C．Other people’s kindness to her. | D．Payless stores’ going out of business. |
| A．Brave. | B．Easy-going. |
| C．Clever. | D．Caring. |
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【推荐1】I had always wanted to see England, Scotland and Wales. So when my brother suggested that we take a week — long vacation together somewhere, I immediately did an Internet search. It was at that time when I found Expat Explore. It was a travel agency that could offer just what I wanted at an acceptable price. In fact, I was afraid that it was too good to be true! So I went back to Google to look for evaluations (评价) of Expat Explore. And I could only find positive things.
My second trip with Expat Explore was my first solo trip. I met several people travelling alone on my first trip and after talking with them, I decided to give it a try. When I landed in London by myself for the first time. I wondered why I had thought this was a good idea. My fears didn’t go away until the next morning I met up with the tour group.
I have lived my entire life in the U.S. , so it is so amazing to visit a place like the Colosseum (角斗场) in Rome that was built over 1, 500 years before America was discovered! Many buildings I have always considered historical in the U.S. are very modern in comparison to those in Europe. The more of the world I see, the more I want to discover the rest of it.
There are my tips for travelling to a place that you never have been to. You’d better plan your vacation through a combination of suggestions from travel agencies and relevant information from the Internet. And there are still many things you couldn’t expect before the trip. I still remember the day when I first visited London, I couldn’t find my way to the hotel I booked before. I felt really anxious at first, but later I tried to keep calm and ask the locals how I could go to the hotel. They were friendly to give me several ways to choose. You can also download apps such as iTranslate and Google Maps on your phone, so that you could understand people who only speak their native language.
1. What did the author find about Expat Explore according to Paragraph 1?| A．It provided free travel choices. |
| B．It mainly focused on travels in Europe. |
| C．It offered satisfying services at affordable prices. |
| D．It allowed tourists to design special travel programs. |
| A．Satisfied. | B．Excited. |
| C．Frightened. | D．Bored. |
| A．Travelling encourages her to broaden her view. |
| B．Travelling gives her more chances to make friends. |
| C．Travelling develops her interest in modern America. |
| D．Travelling increases her desire to learn foreign languages. |
| A．To tell us the importance of translation tools. |
| B．To teach us how to communicate with the locals. |
| C．To warn us about the common accidents when travelling. |
| D．To show how to plan for unexpected situations during travelling. |
【推荐2】“How do you account for your remarkable accomplishment in life?” Queen Victoria of the UK asked Helen Keller. “How do you explain the fact that even though you were both blind and deaf you were able to accomplish so much?”
Ms.Keller’s answer is a tribute to her dedicated teacher. “If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.”
According to speaker Zig Ziglar, “Little Annie” Sullivan, as she was called when she was young, was no stranger to hardship.“She was almost sightless herself (due to a childhood fever) and was, at one time, diagnosed as hopelessly” insane by her caregivers. She was locked in a dark underground room of a mental institution because of mental problems. Little Anne Sullivan would attack anyone who came near sometimes. However, an elderly nurse believed there was hope and she offered to help the child. Every day she made all her efforts to give little Anne words of love and encouragement. She believed Little Annie could recover, if only she were shown love.
Eventually, doctors noticed the change in the girl. Where they once witnessed anger and hatred, they now noted a gentleness and love. They moved her upstairs where she continued to improve. Then the day finally came when this seemingly ”hopeless’’ child was released.
Anne Sullivan grew into a young woman with a desire to help others as she herself was helped by the kind nurse. It was she who saw the great potential in Helen Keller. She loved her, disciplined her, played with her, pushed her and worked with her until the flickering candle that was her life became a beacon of light to the world. Anne Sullivan worked wonders in Helen’s life; but it was a loving nurse who first believed in Little Annie and lovingly transformed an uncommunicative child into a compassionate teacher.
“If it had not been for Anne Sullivan, the name of Helen Keller would have remained unknown.” But if it had not been for a kind and dedicated nurse, the name of Anne Sullivan would have remained unknown.
1. The dialogue in the first two paragraphs is mainly to ________ .| A．begin telling the story of Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan. |
| B．prove that Helen Keller made a great contribution. |
| C．get the reader interested in how Helen Keller achieved so much. |
| D．show a deep admiration for Helen Keller. |
| A．Hardship knew Sullivan when she was young. |
| B．When young, Sullivan was not afraid of hardship. |
| C．When young, Sullivan knew much about hardship. |
| D．When young, Sullivan experienced much hardship. |
| A．Sullivan recovered with the help of an old nurse. |
| B．Sullivan experienced firsthand how terrible the life of a deaf child was. |
| C．Sullivan was once mentally ill. |
| D．Sullivan tried to be as helpful as the old nurse. |
| A．the secret life of Sullivan | B．the hardship of Sullivan |
| C．the power of love | D．how Keller succeeded |
【推荐3】When I was 18, determined not to spend my last teenage year stuck in a village, I took off with an Australian friend and we traveled around Europe for months. We stayed in the cheapest accommodation we could find and live on bread.
This was 1990, a time before mobile phones and the Internet, when the primary contact with home was the collection of mail from the post office. Before I left, Mom had made a money bag to wear around my neck. She’d also made me a sleeping sheet so I could avoid unclean bedding. She didn’t want me to go, and these gifts were her way of telling me to have a wonderful time.
It’s only now, as my 18-year-old daughter is preparing to leave on her own gap year trip, that I have understood what Mom felt.
Working many jobs and saving money, my daughter has researched where to stay, how to get around and what to do when she arrives. She seldom asks for my opinion and I don’t know whether I should back off or not. I want to be cool but not cold. I want to be like the perfect travel guide.
When she first mentioned gap year travel, I was encouraging, wanting her to have her own experiences that shape her. I didn’t let myself think too much about her not being here. Our house has already got smaller in size and soon it will just be me, my son and the cat. And I’m not quite ready for that.
But this trip is about her. This is not 1990 and I am not stuck at home waiting for a letter. I have promised not to upset her with messages, but at least I know she can contact me when she wants to.
1. What can we learn about the author’s travel in 1990?| A．She traveled around Europe on her own. |
| B．She bought clean bedding for a sound sleep. |
| C．She had to budget carefully to afford the trip. |
| D．She made calls to keep in touch with her mother. |
| A．Excited. | B．Proud. | C．Angry. | D．Concerned. |
| A．Heavy pressure of money. |
| B．Having no one to turn to for help. |
| C．Wondering whether to get involved. |
| D．Little knowledge about the destination. |
| A．Move into a much larger house. |
| B．Take a trip with her daughter. |
| C．Contact her daughter by letter. |
| D．Trust her daughter and let go. |
【推荐1】Can just one person make a difference? You bet! In a community every person counts, and getting involved is not difficult. Take stock of your own talents and interests.
Neighborhood cleanups are often sponsored by local businesses or schools. But if your community doesn’t have a cleanup program, get together with friends to organize one. You could pick up garbage in a larger area twice a year, or you could clean a smaller area every few months.
Do you know anyone who is housebound? Almost all neighborhoods have a few people who have to stay at their homes. These people are often elderly and unable to leave their homes to perform simple tasks. But they belong to the community, too. By letting them “borrow” your legs and eyes, you can make them feel included.
You can run errands for them like shopping or paying bills. They might like you to read to them if their eyesight is failing.
Round up some readers.
Reading clubs are popular all over Europe and North America. Members might read at home to prepare for discussion, or they might read aloud to each other and talk about what they just read.
| A．Include the helpless. |
| B．Do the daily routine. |
| C．The civil authorities try to help but their money is tight. |
| D．Living in a clean neighborhood will be its own reward. |
| E．Then find out a need or an issue you really care about. |
| F．Either way, a book or article can spark lively discussion and this often challenges people to take action. |
| G．Governments provide some of the services these people need, but programs cannot give them friendship |
【推荐2】It is impossible to tell what the future holds. For Nelly Cheboi, the future was guided by her childhood dream of wanting to change the lives of those around her; little did she know that technology would become the gateway for such change.
A native of Mogotio, Kenya, Nelly Cheboi grew up in a run-down house, walked to school barefoot every day, and went to bed hungry every night-something not uncommon for those in her community. Nevertheless, she studied hard and earned a full-ride college scholarship. She had consumed plenty of books growing up, but didn’t know a thing about computers. If given a ten page paper in college, Cheboi would choose to hand-write it because she typed too slowly.
It was only in Cheboi’s third year of college that she encountered computer science—a subject she was fascinated by. She learned low technology could serve the economy and realized that, in order to fix the systems in Kenya that kept people in a cycle of poverty (贫穷), she could encourage her community to work online. That then became the motivation for TechLit Africa.
Founded in 2018, TechLit Africa is Cheboi’s nonprofit organization that provides students in rural Kenya with access to technology and the ability to learn fundamental digital skills. Computers are donated, transported to Kenya, and then refurbished(翻新)locally. TechLit Africa provides the computers and curriculum to schools. Schools and parents cover for the costs of local operations.
Today, Cheboi is working on ensuring TechLit Africa keeps running, especially in terms of funding. She says that TechLit Africa’s programs are the highlight of students’ days-but it is difficult to convince parents, teachers and the county government of the digital economy and how technology can financially support people.
“In a way, TechLit Africa serves as a bridge to connect two worlds-kids interact, ask questions and imagine what life is like out there while understanding the value of the Internet,” Cheboi says. In doing so, kids unlock global opportunities and a second chance at a more fulfilling life.
1. Where did Cheboi’s weakness lie according to paragraph 2?| A．Taking care of herself. | B．Reading academic books. |
| C．Handwriting papers. | D．Using a computer. |
| A．To free her community from heavy physical work. |
| B．To encourage online communication among locals. |
| C．To raise funds for uneducated children in poor areas. |
| D．To lift her community out of poverty by the Internet. |
| A．Its development. | B．Its impact. |
| C．Its challenge. | D．Its popularity. |
| A．It ensures future employment. |
| B．It provides a global perspective. |
| C．It increases chances of traveling. |
| D．It inspires passion for charity. |
【推荐3】Dolores Albertino is a proof that sometimes finding yourself in the wrong job can have wonderful results. Several years ago, the former nurse and mother of two teenage sons returned to work as a receptionist at her local community hospital." The trouble is I was completely rubbish at the job," says Dolores with a smile. Phones went unanswered, and she never did master the computer, but that was because she spent time away from her desk talking with and comforting the parents of sick children and the children themselves. "A child would ask for a simple thing, such as an ice cream, but because it was not meal time, they could not have it. I also knew families could benefit from meeting each other."
Dolores had never imagined starting a charity, but when she spoke to one of the doctors about these problems, he offered to help. "It was really hard work, but I've never regretted it," she says. Since the project began, the atmosphere of the children's unit has changed beyond recognition. Children asked for a place to play outdoors so Dolores developed an area in the hospital grounds and changed it into a beautiful garden and play space. There is now a common room for teenagers, equipped with fashionable furniture and a fridge full of food and fresh juices. Dolores also organizes family group meetings so parents can give each other support.
The whole community has worked to make the dream come true. Dolores, the"hopeless" receptionist, has raised millions of dollars. Getting local schools to raise money has been surprisingly easy. The community has also pulled together by organizing street parties, car washes, picnics and concerts.
Joanna, the mother of 16-year-old Antoine, who is receiving treatment at the hospital, says,"Dolores is not working to a strict plan. You see her listening, talking to the doctors and getting on with it. The charity brings comfort and fun to the children's unit. Everyone benefits."
1. What can we lemn about Dolores' work as a receptionist?| A．It made her feel lonely. |
| B．It was unsuitable for her. |
| C．It helped her make a lot of money. |
| D．It required her to comfort sick children. |
| A．She satisfied the needs of sick children. |
| B．She excited children's interest in playing. |
| C．She deepened the doctor-patient connection. |
| D．She changed people's attitude toward illness. |
| A．It is mostly supported by family groups. |
| B．It mainly aims to give parents help. |
| C．It raises money with difficulty. |
| D．It is successful. |
| A．She thimks highly of it. | B．She has doubts about it. |
| C．She is indifferent to it. | D．She has mixed opimons about it. |
